Can you believe it is already February 3rd? We still have two weeks to go on this vacation and we are loving it.
We are to dock early at 7 am so the alarm goes off at 6:30
and we dress and head up to the Horizon Court for some breakfast. The place is busy with people getting some
food to start out their day.
Back down in the cabin we are getting ready for our
day. Today we are getting the chance to
go to the Kalinago Territory to the Barana Aute (Village by the Sea). The Kalinago is the original name of the Caribe
Indian Tribe, but they go by their original name not the name that was given to
them by the settlers.
We booked an excursion thru Antours again. We have used them many times and Anison the
owner is always very helpful and professional.
He had arranged for transportation to the Village for $45 per person for
the seven of us. We would have to pay
our own entry into the Cultural Center though. To read about past trips with Antours click here.
But as we are getting ready I notice we are at the pier but
the boat is still swaying and I can feel the thrusters kicking in. Bing bing bing and the Captain comes in over the
PA in the cabins to announce that sadly the port is going to have to be
cancelled.
The reason is the ship is very long and the wake is pushing
the ship to and from the pier and the ship even when tied up is moving up to a
meter away from the pier at one end and then crashing back into the dock. I head down to deck 7 to take a look, and oh
my. I have never seen this before.
The Captain said it would be way too
dangerous to put the gangway out. If the
gangway was out and the ship moved back the whole gangway could fall and that
would be tragic. Not to mention the
damage that ship and pier would take by this too. Here is some video of what was happening.
Okay change of plans, we put on our swimsuits and head out
to the top deck for some sun. The place
is busy but we don’t have too much trouble getting some lounge chairs. But after a few hours the sun is so intense
and the place is crowded that we head in.
We are definitely feeling the crowds… you see when a ship is
on a scheduled sea day people sleep in, they make plans, they are have a
routine. But when a forced sea day is
put upon us we have to regroup and people are not sure what to do. I am surprised at how many are angry that the
port was missed.
Bernie suggests a pizza from Alfredos and I agree, what a
great idea. Daniel our server works in
Alfredos during the day so we sit in his section. He recommends a pizza for us and we
agree. It was great too.
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